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I've been using this and I LOVE it. This will become increasingly useful once people start describing what to do in emails and just do videos like these.
@irina_issakova Irina thanks! We agree - using a quick HYFY video can communicate so much more context and emotion than a simple email. We're glad you love it! Please reach out and let us know how we can make it even better!
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I've been using this for a couple weeks now in my law practice. I'm currently using it with staff, but I think there are some great ways to use it for clients. Great job.
@tyson_mutrux Thanks Tyson! I would love to hear more about this use case. Would you mind contacting me at ryan@hyfy.io? We have a new version coming soon that could be extra useful for a law practice...
@tyrantboy Great question! While we both offer simple recording and unlimited storage for videos, there are a couple of big advantages for us:
1. HYFY is designed for primarily for teams so we have direct integrations with Slack, JIRA and HipChat, with more on the way
2. HYFY offers a PRO version that supports full screen or window recording - OpenTest only supports a single tab right now
3. HYFY users can signup/login with existing Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Github, Microsoft and Google accounts.
4. We feel our design is simpler, faster and easier to use.
Some areas where OpenTest stands out - they provide unlimited recording time, whereas we limit it to encourage short videos and control storage costs. Also, they support recording your webcam and we don't offer that at this time.
I hope that helps!
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@tyrantboy Also, with OpenTest there is no way to remove the little gray circle in the bottom left hand side of the screen. If you don't want to record your video it's obscuring content and it's distracting.
I feel like OpenTest is perfect for it's use case, which is slightly different from HYFY. Right now, for simple one click screen recording and sharing HYFY is winning.
@iwozzy@tyrantboy Thanks Paul - I happen to agree with you. Although I do think OpenTest's implementation is pretty cool, we haven't heard many users ask for the webcam piece, so we've de-prioritized it to focus on more business/team features.
@ryankennedy@tyrantboy Hey Ryan & Donald -- Shahed here, one of the founders of Opentest. Hyfy looks like a cool recording tool that offers a lot of the features that will be part of Openvid's 2.0 release. I love the simplicity that has been built in the product. Makes it easily understandable to anyone who randomly lands on your homepage.
Even though there are a lot of similarities between the two products, at the end of the day, it proves there is a real problem being solved here. Collaboration within teams is difficult, Openvid and Hyfy are trying to take out that frustration by bringing video to the workplace.
Congrats on the launch! 🎉
@_shahedk@tyrantboy Hi Shahed, it's great to meet you! We've definitely paid attention to the work you've been doing with Opentest/Openvid - we were so excited when you launched to see someone else chasing the same very real problem in an innovative way.
I very much respect and appreciate the kind words from a potential competitor (or maybe collaborator?). Best of luck to you and your team!
PS - I think we might need some advice on Product Hunt launch strategy for our 3.0 launch. :-)
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I was on paid plan with hyfy.io and then suddenly it became drift product. and now i'm on free plan. scam and fraud
@agabisov We are considering native desktop and mobile apps, but even today I believe you can do what you want with HYFY PRO! We've put together some HOWTO videos for capturing your mobile device screen, along with links to helper tools: Check out http://www.hyfy.io/mobile-apps/ - please let me know if these help!
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I see that videos in my library are marked "public"- How do I make them private?
@justinmound Great question. To make sharing as simple as possible in the first version, the links/URLs generated for HYFY videos can be viewed by anyone. However, the videos themselves are not available to be indexed by search engines. We are working on more advanced privacy settings for our upcoming release, so stay tuned!
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I guess the free plan just extended recording time to an hour!
I was on paid plan with hyfy.io and then suddenly it became drift product. and now i'm on free plan. scam and fraud
Pros:before drift - almost perfect
Cons:it is now drift